posted 05-21-200103:26 PM
I've always dreamed of being able to do something like that for a couple not being able to carry a baby on their own.

I don't understand why it would be tho ... You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. If a woman tries this once and has a hard time w/ it, she won't do it again. Experience is the worlds best teacher

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posted 05-21-200103:57 PM
i think it entirely depends on the situation.

i once read an article about potential surrogate mothers being targeted- these mothers had to have extraordinarily high SAT scores, athletic and/or arts talent, and be downright beautiful. of course, the mothers were being paid high amounts to carry these children around. which i think is wrong.

but, i do think it can be a wonderful thing when a best friend/sister/etc. does it.

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posted 05-21-200104:42 PM
There can be a problem if the surrogate mother bonds with the baby. Some intersting custody battles have arisen. As far as I know, there are no court-recognised surrogate contracts.

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posted 05-21-200105:38 PM
there is no way i could have a baby for someone else because i would get so attached to the baby i wouldnt want to give it up. i think that that is the only problem with it. other than the emotional attachment i think that it is great to help someone out like that. it is not an easy desicion though. i would want to surrogate mother to go through counseling before and after and make some kind of contract to where the baby would have to be given to the parent.
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posted 05-22-200112:17 AM
I think it depends entirely on the woman carrying the baby and the people she's carrying it for. Some people can handle it, some people can't.

I'm not sure I would want to carry a baby for people I didn't know or wasn't emotionally connected to, but under certain circumstances I would be more than pleased to be a surrogate mother. Since my sister's car accident, we're unsure of the state of her ability to concieve or carry a child. And if she wanted one, I'd be the first one to offer her either my eggs, or to carry a child for her.

I think i've heard in the news lately about something concerning this type of thing. Apparently when eggs are transfered to a surrogate mother (or eggs are donated to the mom-to-be), the child ends up w/ the DNA of both women and the man. So this kid now really has two moms and a dad. Weird. That's the only reason i would disagree w/ it ... But i don't think this has even really been proven yet.

posted 05-23-200103:27 PM
You're partially right, em. That controversey is more common for egg donors, but surrogate mothers can sometimes also be the source of the egg -- say, if the woman who wants the baby has had her ovaries removed.

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